As we have said, the important artistic movement called muralism, had an educational function in Mexico, with the north focused on achieving unification after the Revolution.
The artists who carried it out were influenced by Marxist ideas and tried to project through the murals the social and political situation that post-revolutionary Mexico was experiencing.
Between 1929 and 1935, Diego Rivera created a series of works on the walls that surround the central patio of the National Palace. There he tells the Mexican history that ranges from pre-Hispanic times to the first two decades of the XNUMXth century.
The magnificent work recreates an intense journey in the popular market of Tlatelolco, in the times of ancient Tenochtitlan. In it they highlight the figure of the Tlatoani or chief of the Aztecs who supervises all the activities that took place in the massive stage. There is also a large number of Opochtec merchants offering all kinds of products: feathers, fabrics, animal skins and precious metals.
Behind this set, Rivera recreated the layout of certain very important temples and buildings in the ancient Aztec capital and other constructions, product of the advanced engineering of the time.
With great justice it has been said that this mural is "an excellent work in its drawing, of remarkable color, but even better in its magnificent overall pictorial composition."